The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-28
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-The Interstate
Commerce bill, as agreed upon by both
houses OF Congress, in its first section ap
plies the provisions of the act to any COM
| mon carrier engaged in the transportation
OF passengers wholly by railroad, or partly
by railroad and partly by water, when both
| are used, under Q common control, manage
ment or arrangement, through more than
one State or Territory, or from any place in
the United States to any adjacent foreign
country. 1t defines the term railroad" tc
| include all bridges or ferries used or oper
ated by any railroad. All charges made for
! any service rendered in the transportation
| Of passengers or property are required tc
De reasonable and just: and every unjust
and unreasonable charge for such service is
prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Section makes it unlawful for any com
mon carrier, subject to the provisions of this
| act, to charge, demand, collect or receive,
directly or indirectly, from any person or
| persons, greater or less compensation for
| any service rendered in the transportation
| of passengers or property than it charges,
demands. collects, or receives from any
! other person or persons for doing for him
or them a like and contemporaneous SER
vice in the transportation Of like kind Of
stance and conditions.
Section makes it unlawful for common
carriers to give any undue or unreasonable
preference or advantage to any particular
person, company, firm, corporation, or 10
cality, or any particular description Of
traffic, and forbids discrimination in rates
and charges between connecting lines.
Section reads as follows: '.That it shall
be unlawful for any common carrier, sub
ject to the provisions of this act, to charge
or receive any greater compensation in the
aggregate for the transportation of passen-
gers. or of like kind of property under sub
stantially similar circumstances and condi-
tons, for shorter than for a longer dis
lance. over the same line, in the same direc-
ton, the shorter being included within the
longer distance; but this shall not be con-
strued as authorizing any common carrier
within the terms Of this act to charge and
receive as great compensation for shorter
as for longer distance; provided, how
ever. that upon application to the commits
sion appointed under the provisions of this
act, such common crrrier may, in special
cases. after investigation by the commits
sion, be authorized to charge less for longer
than shorter distances for the transporta-
ton of passengers or property, and the
commission may from time to time pre-
scribe the extent to which such designated
common carrier may be relieved from the
operations of this section of this act.''
Section 5 provides shat it shall be un-
lawful for any carrier, subject to the pro-
visions of this act, to enter into any con-
tract, agreement or combination with any
other common carrier or carriers for the
pooling of freight of different and compel
ing railroads, or to divide between them the
aggregate or net proceeds Of the earnings
Of such railroads or any portion thereof, and
i'm any case of an agreement for pooling OF
freights as aforesaid. each day of its con.
tinuance shall be deemed a separate Of
fensc."
Section 6 requires that after ninety days
from the passage of the act every common
carrier subject to its provisions shall have
printed and shall keep for public inspection
schedules showing rates, fares and charges,
and in addition to requiring the railroads to
give publicity ut all of the depOts on their
several lines it gives authority to the COM
mission where it is proper and necessary to
require them to give publicity to their rates
to other places beyond the lines of their
several railroads. 1t also provides that the
rates, fares and charges shall not be raised
except after ten days Of publicity, but that
they may be reduced without previous pub
lie notice. the notice, however, to be stimuli
taneous with the reduction itself.
Section makes it unlawful for any COM
mon carrier to enter into any combination
or agreement to prevent the carriage OF
freights from being continuous from the
place of shipment to the place of destina-
ton.
Section declares that any common car
rier violating he provisions of the act shall
be liable to the person or persons injured
thereby for the full amount of damages sus-
tanned III consequence of any such violation,
together with 6 reasonable counsel or at
torney's fee.
The ninth section provides that persons
claiming to have been damaged by the
action of common carriers may proceed for
recovery of their damages either in the
courts of the United States or before the
commission herein provided for, but not be-
fore both tribunals.
The tenth section makes it penal Offense
to violate any of the provisions of the act,
and puts the minimum Of the fine which
may be imposed at 5000
The eleven following sections provide for
a commission to consist of five persons
whose terms are for six years. The men,
bers are to be appointed by the President
with the consent OF the Senate. Their prin-
cipal Office is to be in Washington, but they
may hold sessions at other places, and a
single member may take testimony any.
where as may be directed. They are to
have salaries Of $500 each, and have the
power to appoint a secretary at an annual
salary of g. 800 and employ and fix the com
pensation of such other employees as may
be necessary.
Section y provides that nothing con-
tanned in this act shall abridge the rem
edies now existing at common law or by
statute.
Section g appropriates 10000 for the
purposes of this act for the fiscal year end |
ing June 30, 1888.
Section "A provides that the provisions of
sections II and ~ of this act relating to
the appointment and organization of the
commission shall take effect Immediately
and the remaining provisions in sixty days
e
Historical Selma.
SELMA, Ala, Jan. pa declaration for
the Incorporation Of the Selma Land I'm
provement & Furnace Company, with q
capital of S3,C0O,OOO, was filed in the Probate
Court Of this county to-day. The company
proposes to build standard gauge railroad
into the Cahaba coal and iron fields, to erect
one steel and two iron furnaces, to build
rolling mills and establish kindred enter
prises. During the war between the States |
the Confederate Government had here the |
largest arsenal, naval foundry and ship |
Yards in the COnfederacy.
-Lottie Litewaite-"Oh, Aurelia,
just think! Amy Blifkins is married."
Aurelia Bagley--"Do l know her.